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North American Scum Lyrics
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oh i don't know, i don't know, oh, where to begin we are north americans and for those of you who still think we're from england we're not, no. we build our planes and our trains till we think we might die, far from North America, where the buildings are old and you might have lots of mimes. aha, oh, oh. i hate the feelin' when you're looking at me that way cause we're north americans but if we act all shy, it�ll make it ok makes it go away. oh I don't know, I don't know, oh, where to begin when we're north american but in the end we make the same mistakes all over again come on north americans we are north american scum we�re from north america and all the kids all the kids that want to make the scene here in north america when our young kids get to read it in your magazines we don't have those so where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love where's the love tonight? but there's no love man there's no love and the kids are uptight so throw a party till the cops come in and bust it up let's go north americans oh you were planning it i didn't mean to interrupt sorry i did it once and my parents got pretty upset freaked out in north america but then i said the more i do it the better it gets let's rock north america we are north american scum we're from north america we are north american scum we are north american new york's the greatest if you get someone to pay the rent wahoo north america and it's the furthest you can live from the government un huh huh some proud american christians might disagree here in north america but new york's the only place we're keepin them off the street boo boo now we can't have parties like in spain where they go all night shut down in north america or like berlin where they go another night, alright, un huh un huh you see i love this place that i have grown to know alright, north america. and yeah, I know you wouldn�t touch us with a ten-foot pole �cause we�re north americans. we are north american scum we are north americans we are north american scum we love north america take me back to the states man north american scum where we can be all we want if we really ???? north american where the dj gigs are as fun here in north american scum don't blame the canadians let go north america
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02-26-2007
these are the key lines:
"i hate the feelin' when you're looking at me that way
cause we're north americans
but if we act all shy, it’ll make it ok
makes it go away."
important sentiment, i can't believe no one (journalists, music fans) gets it.
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03-24-2007
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04-18-2007
If you ever watch those programs about people who are mental, sick, twisted or complete cunts, its filmed in America - Check out Louis Theroux's documentaries on YouTube.
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04-21-2007
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05-13-2007
jameskendall - you nailed it. thanks
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08-08-2007
JAStewart, Theroux is hardly better than tabloid TV hosts in the US in his chosen subject matter, although he is certainly more posh and educated. Choosing an easy, sensational target is not the sign of an intrepid journalist.
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08-16-2007
Pretty catchy song.
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11-27-2007
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12-21-2007
But...who knows? Maybe James Murphy really does hate his country, lol. In some ways, I wouldn't blame him...
The song itself has an awesome groove, great to dance to, I'm sure. Actually, I wouldn't know, since I can't dance worth a lick, lol.
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08-06-2008
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10-29-2008
That said, I don't personally apologize for all the things we're criticized for and I don't like the sense of hostility I sometimes get simply for having been born and lived here, nor the way I am stereotyped or grouped in with the most excessive of my countrymen (Evangelical Christians, war..."buffs," let's say, and so on).
I think this is just an accounting for the way things stand for a guy who has traveled in Europe and conversations he's overheard or took part in. But like he says, this is a country where they shut down parties. Where the boot stomps a little deeper sometimes. We have our problems. But a lot of us don't like it, and never supported any of it and were...outnumbered.
What's left to do but act shy, to make it go away.
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06-30-2009
07-18-2009
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07-14-2009
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08-20-2009
It's racism, xenophobia, whatever you want to call it. And it hurts. It's about the looks we get the second we open our mouths. It's the feeling we get when strangers feel they have the right to question you about personal things. About your family. About friends dying. About blaming a random for THEIR friends dying. It's not a pretty thing, and this song nails it.
Who said that bigotry had to be against colour? (Or color, for my American counterparts)
Do the words 'Alliance of the Willing' mean NOTHING? Does the term 'coalition' mean anything to you?
Time to stop looking for a scapegoat. Some of the people I know have hit out at kids too young to have voted in the Bush elections. Is that fair? Does it make Europe stronger, better, for the way that they have reacted to things? No. Just as it doesn't make America better for the way they reacted.
Get over it, learn from it, and try not to be dicks. Simple.
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10-09-2009
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